this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 12: the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state, has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she was the one who asked to look for a partner for her. then i was invited, and yeah, she was very young. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. rescuers hope to resume their search for british climber tom ballard who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains in pakistan for nearly a week.

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this is bbc news, i am ben brown. the husband of shamima begum — the teenager from east london who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state — has told the bbc he wants to take her and their newborn son to live in his native netherlands. he's been speaking exclusively to our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. shamima begum's husband paints a far darker picture of life with the islamic state group than she did. remember, she said it was a normal life. well he describes attending the stoning of a woman who was being punished for what he called fornication. he talks about piles of bodies in the city, he says that there are daughters starved to death as a result of malnutrition, because they were so hungry within the is group. of course, they eventually surrendered, but only when the islamic state were losing. this was a match made in extremism, made by the islamic state. and i asked him about his marriage to shamima begum, which was arranged by is.

shamima moved over when she was 15. you met in raqqa, she was at the women's centre in raqqa. you married her when she was 15 years old. that's correct. how in any way is that acceptable? you were what, 23? ithink so, yeah, i remember. and you thought that was ok? to be honest, when my friend came and he said there was a girl interested in marriage, i wasn't really interested because of her age. but, i accepted the offer, and we sat down and she seemed... like a... how do you say it? she seemed like a, in a good state of mind.

so, it was acceptable for you to marry a 15—year—old girl? it was her own choice, she the one who asked to look for a partnerfor her, then i was invited, and yeah, she was very young. and it maybe would have been better for her to wait a bit, but she didn't, she chose to get married, and i chose to marry her. just as shamima begum's interview with the media was problematic for her desire to return to the uk, this will cause problems problems for yago riedijk, because he admitted that he was an is foot soldier, he fought in places such as aleppo. he was wounded while fighting, and eventually, he was imprisoned by is, they suspected him of being a dutch spy. he was tortured while he was in prison and he said that he tried to escape. but this is a man who joined the is group, fought for them, and was a die—hard supporter

for many years, though he says he no longer supports them. the truth is that shamima begum and yago riedijk lost control of their fate when theyjoined that extremist group. and yago riedijk might find it is as difficult for him to return back home, as it is for his wife, shamima begum. the international trade secretary, liam fox, has said he hopes the erg s tests on the governments liam fox, has said he hopes to find common territory with the government ahead of the next meaningful vote. eight brexit supporting lawyers — seven of them also mps — have set out what concessions are necessary if they are to back a brexit deal. our political correspondent nick eardley has been explaining what the group will be doing. the european research group and the group of brexit supporting mps will be doing.

basically, this group of lawyers will scrutinise whatever the government comes back with in the next few days, and say either it meets our standards, which is that it allows the uk to get out of the backstop if it needs to, or if it has a time limit or not. that will be a big test for the prime minister, because within that group, you had key brexiteers, like the former brexit secretary, dominic raab, but also the dup's nigel dodds, too, constituencies within parliament that if theresa may is to get her a deal through, she will have to win over. this morning, we were also hearing from international trade secretary, liam fox, he has been on the andrew marr show talking about whether this is a genuine prospect or not. he thinks it is, he thinks it is a genuine olive branch. but the big question remains about whether or not the prime minister can actually meet what these brexiteers are calling for. i hope we will leave at the end of march. it would be breaking a promise, though. it would be unfortunate, but if we have no option in order

to deliver a smooth brexit, then so be it. i think it is important also for your viewers to understand the limitations on that. first of all, this is not a unilateral call by parliament, this has to be agreed, notjust by the european commission, but by every single one of the 27 government. so liam fox saying he is not totally against the idea of extending the brexit process, but i think this is a view shared by a number of brexiteers, it has to be for a reason. what have labour said today? we know that labour have just as many splits as the conservatives on where to go from here. the party earlier this week said it would now back a public vote, another referendum to try and stop what it sees as the damaging prospect of theresa may's deal. but there is a significant constituency within the party who will never back that. caroline flint said this morning that up to 70

labour mps would refuse to back another referendum. they are calling for a free vote, so they don't have to break the party whip. on the other side, tony blair saying there are some in the party who are extremely unhappy with not going further in europe, who are saying stick with it for now. he also sympathises with those who broke away from the party a couple of weeks ago, because it hadn't moved fast enough on brexit. we also heard from the party's shadow business minister, rebecca long—bailey, who didn't sound too enthusiastic about the idea of another referendum. that will be within the gift ofjeremy corbyn, determined i have always voiced my reservations, we cannot overturn the vote. but equally, we cannot put britain into an economic catastrophe, we have to protect businesses and jobs within our

communities. it wouldn't be fair for a damaging tory brexit and theresa may has spent the last few months not doing very much other than going backwards and forwards it to the eu, not moving on any of her red lines and hurtling towards a no deal. that wouldn't be fair to any of our constituents. so labour are keen to throw the pressure back to the conservative party, but is if you ever needed reminding, both on the conservative and labour side this morning, just how fractious the brexit as she has been for the main parties in the uk. rescuers hope to resume their search later today for a british climber who's been missing on one of the world's highest mountains for nearly a week. tom ballard and his italian climbing partner, daniele nardi, were scaling a peak in pakistan known as "killer mountain", when they last made contact. our correspondent richard galpin is following the story from islamabad. well, it has not been easy so far, ben.

it has been severely hampered for the past three days. it now looks like the weather is improving, which means things can start moving again. we have been told that another climber called alex, a spanish grammar, who has been on k2, has now been taken on a pakistan helicopter from k2 to the killer mountain. the plan is that he will deploy three high altitude drones, which he has with him for the ascent originally from k2, and they will use those drones to try and scour the amount and try and find the two missing climbers. obviously, it will not be easy, it will depend very much on the weather. if there are high winds, it will be impossible, if there is low visibility, it will be impossible. that is the hope, we don't know whether he will arrive in time for him to actually start using these drones today, before it gets

dark. police in greater manchester say a seventeen—year—old boy died in hospital last night after being stabbed in the village of hale barns near altrincham. the teenager was taken to hospital, where he died. two boys, also aged 17, have been arrested on suspicion of his murder. the death follows the killing of a 17—year—old girl who was stabbed on friday in a park in romford in east london. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has been at the scene for us. the park has been completely cordoned off, ben, where this girl was murdered. and if you can just see behind me, make out that there are some forensic officers in pale blue suits, and they have been doing searches throughout the park this morning, concentrating particularly around trees that are around this part. we have heard from jodie chesney‘s grandmother, who said that this is just another example of the needless waste of life in knife crime. she said it was a completely unprovoked attack, a random attack, jodie was just in the park

when she was stabbed to death. we have also heard from a woman who just lives opposite the park, who raced across to the park when she heard screaming and performed first aid and tried to savejodie‘s life, but sadly, she died at the scene. we have heard that there is going to be extra police patrols in this area throughout the day and probably for quite a few days after this. people round here seem to be in a state of disbelief, really, you would usually expect this park on a sunday to be full of people walking their dogs, perhaps taking their children out. but people at the moment are just driving past very slowly, trying to work out what has happened. i went to a cafe up the road earlier and people couldn't believe that this had happened in such a quiet area of london. this is very residential, people imagine these things happening in inner city london, not somewhere like here. jodie chesney is the 18th person to be murdered in london this year, and the fifth teenager to die. police said yesterday

they are appealing for anyone with any information at all to come forward. they said a knife taken off the street could save a life. the cbi says uncertainty over brexit is partly to blame for growth in private companies "stagnating" in recent months. the business group has surveyed 650 firms. it's urging politicians to agree a deal. here s our business correspondent rob young. britain's economy has been slowing down. in 2018, the uk grew at its lowest rate in six years. in december alone, the economy actually got smaller. the confederation of british industry has been taking the temperature of companies. it says economic activity was broadly unchanged in the three months to february. that suggests uk plc didn't shrink over the three—month period, but it didn't grow either. the cbi says this is its survey‘s worst reading since 2013. it partly blames the ongoing

uncertainty over brexit. the high street has continued to take a hit as shoppers remain cautious about spending. factory orders went up, but data suggests a lot of that is down to businesses stockpiling. despite the weak headline numbers, the nation's jobs boom has continued. data a few weeks ago showed wages had been rising at the fastest rate since the financial crisis, and the employment rate remained at a record high. the headlines on bbc news: the dutch husband of shamima begum, the teenager who has been stripped of her british citizenship forjoining the islamic state, has told the bbc he wants them to live in the netherlands. eight lawyers who back brexit — seven of them mps — set out the concessions they require from the eu to support the pm's brexit deal. and america's latest astronaut capsule has just docked at the international space station.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard. good afternoon. the first of today's three premier league matches is underway, with leicester city travelling to watford. it's brendan rodgers' first game in charge at leicester since his return to england following a record—breaking spell with celtic. today the former liverpool manager is back at another of his old clubs. rodgers managed the hornets early in his career. and so far it hasn't been the return to the premier league that rodger‘s would have hoped for because leicester fell behind within just five minutes at vicarage road — troy deeney giving watford the lead. 1—0 after around 15 minutes. two derbies are coming up later. new fulham caretaker manager scott parker will be hoping to inspire his side to an upturn in fortunes against west london neighbours chelsea. fulham are ten points from safety. and after that liverpool have the chance to regain top spot when they take on everton in the merseyside derby. england have given themselves

a great chance of winning the shebelieves cup after a thrilling draw against the usa. phil neville‘s side drew 2—2 against the world champions in nashville, to set up a winner—takes—all match against japan on tuesday. the lionesses scored two excellent goals through manchester city pair steph houghton and nikita parris. jo currie is there for us. what is in a name? everything and nothing if you are part of the us women's national team, who played this game with their female idols on the back of their shirts. half an hour in, and the real megaan was putting her name on the scoresheet, keeping the england goalkeeper rooted to the spot. when you are training with world number one, you need a leader. step up captain for the sublime equaliser. what an equaliser! really well played and well worked, that. england were finding theirfeet, and their range.

this put the lionesses ahead. what a great goal, england lead against the world champions. the problem with the champions is that you can never write them off. while scrappy, they were able to find a way through england's dog defence and to deny them the win. we had fantastic performances today, we had players that played with a smile on their face, and like i say, the result for me is irrelevant to what i saw on the pitch. not irrelevant to the competition. this result means that the lionesses can now fly off to sunny florida in the knowledge that a win against japan on tuesday will seal the trophy. perhaps it is now time to believe. the european indoor athletics is into its final day with plenty of british medal hopes later on. particularly from andrew pozzi — he's the defending champion in the 60m hurdles. he finished second in his semi final behind favourite orlando ortega. pozzi ran a season's best. he goes in the final at 6:10pm. multi—eventer tim duckworth

led going into day two of the heptathlon. second place in the hurdles has seen him slip into second behind spain'sjorge urena. they're taking part in the pole vault right now before the 1,000m this evening. these are live pictures from glasgow. coverage continues on bbc two and on the bbc sport website and app cricket now and england's women will be looking to bounce back from defeat in the one day series against india, as they turn to the t20 format. the first of three t20 matches takes place tomorrow. and with the world cup in the shortest form of the game just a year away, the skipper says it's important for her team to start to build some form. i don't think it changes too much, we have had success in both formats over the last couple of years. like i said, it gives us a chance to have a bit of freedom, we have some

really exciting talents, it is a chance to be let off the leash a bit without the pressure of having to craft an innings, whatever it might be. so it is a great opportunity with one year out from the world cup in australia, it will come around very quickly, so it is an opportunity for the girls to establish themselves in the side if they haven't done so already, or to keep strong performances into the world cup. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. thank you, richard. new reserach suggests that 150 young men have died after going missing on a night out over the last nine years. that's according to figures analysed by bbc 5 live investigates. campaigners are calling for more patrols around waterways and for men to look after each other on nights out. megan paterson reports. growing up, daisy and charlie pope

were partners in crime, always getting up to mischief. as they got older, that continued. we would be talking in the kitchen for hours, talking about everything. i know everything from him, he has taught us everything. he basically took me everything i know. he was proper clever and taught me everything i know. charlie was in his first year at university in manchester, when after a night out he got separated from his friends and drowned in a canal. unbelievably difficult. it's hard, when someone who you always look up to, and who you always aspire to be like just dot you don't know what to do anymore when they are not there. one year after her brothers death, daisy wants to remind people of how he was in life. full of humour, opinions, advice. she wants us to change our attitudes towards drinking and people

who have had to much. from being 18 now and going out, you look around and people can tell you, always stick with your friends, cover your drinks, but if someone is kicked out because they are too drunk, how can they have that? if they are too drunk to be in a nightclub they are too drunk to be by themselves. everyone should look out for each other more. could it have made a difference for you? definitely. if one person had just asked, are you ok? do you know how to get home? it could have been so different. that's all it takes, just asking someone if they are ok. sadly, charlie's story is not uncommon. new research from portsmouth university found that between 2010 and 2018, 150 men reported missing died after nights out involving alcohol. an average of 17 year. most end up in water. the number of deaths has prompted some townsend cities to form groups to patrol waterways at night.

in manchester, plans for fencing around the stretch of canal where charlie died had been submitted to the city council. free tampons and other sanitary products will be offered to every female hospital patient in england who needs them — from this summer. nhs officials say women and girls will be able to ask for the products free of charge. the british medical association had argued it was inconsistent for some hospitals to give out razors and shaving foam, but not offer women sanitary products. andy moore reports. a study last month by the doctors' union, the british medical association, found that many nhs trusts were handing out free razors and shaving foam, but not sanitary products. at present, some trusts in england provide them, others don't. in some hospitals, sanitary products aren't even available in their shops. the new policy will make the products free of charge in all hospitals in england

from the summer onwards. the chief executive of the nhs in england, simon stevens, said it was absolutely right that everyone had access to the essentials of daily life during their time in hospital. the move has been welcomed by campaigners against period poverty. it's positive to see what is intended to be happening, but we would like to see more being done around this agenda, because we are way behind in terms of where we should be. the british medical association said it was pleased its campaign had culminated in such a successful result. the organisation said free products would bring an end to indignity on top of ill—health. and the bma doesn't believe the new policy will be expensive. it estimated the cost would be just over £500 a year to any hospital that wasn't already providing free products. america's latest astronaut capsule, the dragon, has successfully docked with the international space station. cheers broke out when dragon's

docking mechanism autonomously attached itself to the iss on its test flight. ca ptu re capture confirmed. cheering the demonstration flight by the space x company launched yesterday morning and is carrying a test dummy but could begin transporting us astronauts by the end of the year. well this was the reaction from officials at nasa shortly after the succesful docking. as soon as we got a hard capture confirmed, we had a round of applause here in houston, it was a very exciting time. the beginning of a new era of human space flight. i suspect it is the first step until they start having commercial providers bringing humans to the international space station lodging from american soil. for the crew, again, a lot of monitoring

operations, successful retreat commands sent, it was a very smooth docking for dragging it to the international space station. still a lot of work to do. like you say, they will pressurise the vestibule and into the hatch. we will cover that live, you might see them wearing hard—line that live, you might see them wearing ha rd—line oxygen that live, you might see them wearing hard—line oxygen and taking some airsamples, wearing hard—line oxygen and taking some air samples, just part of the normal procedures for a new vehicle, for this particular new vehicle just to make sure everything is ok. and then maybe later today, we will be doing a nice welcoming ceremony to officially welcome at dragon to the international space station. david beckham has been honored with a statue outside his former club la galaxy. the former england captain joined the american side in 2007, helping the team to two cup titles wins. the statue shows the player taking a free kick — his trademark move that spawned the film "bend it like beckham" in 2002. speaking outsite the stadium mr beckham called la galaxy his family and thanked los angeles for embracing him. when i first moved to la, people

turned around to me and said, la is a place where dreams come true. well, la, today, a dream came true. thank you very much. the second ever world pasty championships are taking place this weekend in cornwall. hundreds of people are taking part in the event which celebrates the popular cornish snack. david george reports. pasties, pasties, pasties. everywhere you look. they come from all over cornwall, the south—west and beyond. more than 200 assessed by a0 of us judges. it's very, very tough work. but someone's got to do it. i've been training for years. they have six criteria theyjudge on and it all adds up to 100 and i basically say, the first thing is taste, the second thing is the overall look and the third is crimping. on the basis of what we've tasted so far, it's been

really, really good. as good as last year, if not, slightly better. jjust one or two is a bit iffy. but, most of them are good. three, two, one, go. now how about this? speed crimping. the art ofjoining the pastry to cover the meat, potato, swede and onion bits of the traditional cornish pasty. here, they are making 15 injust two minutes. three, two, one, stop! cheering and the winner is in the amateur traditional pasty category, billy deacon. standard ingredients. there's nothing funny about it. good mix of butter and lard in the pastry. both types of pepper, white and black. that's the real secret. so from arguably the worlds smallest pasty, and entry all the way

from canada to a first ever attempt. it looks like the cornish pasty recipe is in good hands. might go and have one for lunch! now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. we have already seen rain across the uk, but they went will pick up this afternoon across england and wales, all because of the storm at freya. hidden underneath all that cloud is a deepening area of low pressure, the wind will continue to strengthen and rain is moving northwards. we have seen some of the strongest wind across the northern half of scotland, those are easing down a bit and the showers are becoming fewer with more sunshine. the rain is heavy at times, pushing northwards up towards the borders and into parts of northern ireland. behind it, we may see things drying off later in wales and the south—west of england, and temperatures 12—13 degrees. by this stage, the wind won't be as strong as across northern scotland, the lightest of the wind will be in

northern of the wind in south—west england and wales. that is where we will see the impact coming in from storm freya. the track of the storm, the deep area of low pressure, hasn't changed very much. the essentials of the forecast haven't changed an awful lot. through the afternoon into the evening, the main co re afternoon into the evening, the main core of the wind will be across south—west england and wales. 60—70 mph on the map, could reach up to 80 mph. the wind will ease down overnight, the strongest wind will push up in the midlands and into northern england. combined with some heavy rain and maybe snow on the tops of the pennines. also overnight, we have some rain which could be pretty heavy here across southern part of england. some clear skies developing elsewhere as the wind eases down, and temperatures will drop to three or 4 degrees. the warning from the met office runs from 3pm until 6am tomorrow morning. there is likely to be some travel disruption, some temperature as well. it will still be windy for the

rush hour tomorrow morning in the north—east of england in particular. but not for long, the storm pushes into the north sea, we will have some sunshine following behind, a few blustery showers coming into the western side of the uk, taking all day to reach the east. not too bad a day to reach the east. not too bad a day here, but temperatures back down to 8-10 day here, but temperatures back down to 8—10 degrees, near normalfor this time of year. temperatures are likely to stay down here for the week ahead. monday and tuesday, sunshine and showers. for the middle of the week, another area of low pressure, that will bring some heavy rain and strong winds.